In this case, the photo is of Calgary’s Jaclyn Lee, all smiles after her nine-shot romp last week at the 2016 Sun Life Financial Alberta Ladies Amateur Golf Championship at Highwood in High River.

Of course, Brooke Henderson has already posed for a few similar shots on the LPGA Tour.

“Oh man, I’m so proud of Brooke and what she has accomplished,” said the 19-year-old Lee, now in her first summer on the national amateur team after two seasons with Golf Canada’s development program.

“Seeing her have such success on the tour, I think it only motivates us. And those who have played with her in the past, I think that we know how our games stack up against hers and what we have to work on to get to her level.

“It’s really cool to see that she can do it, and I think it gives the rest of us hope, too.”

A regular at Glencoe, Lee fired rounds of 71-70-70 en route to a wire-to-wire win last week in High River, claiming the crown for the second time in a three-year span.

Kat Kennedy of Okotoks, a former member at Highwood, and Calgary’s Quinn Fitzgerald (Pinebrook) secured the other spots on Team Alberta.

Having just completed her freshman campaign at Ohio State, Lee should remain the favourite at the provincial amateur showdown for the next few years, but she’s also hoping to qualify for her first look-see at life on the LPGA Tour when Henderson & Co. come to town in August for the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open at Priddis Greens.

“That would be an amazing opportunity to be able to play with the pros and just have fun and learn from them,” Lee said.

AROUND THE FAIRWAYS

Fifty-four holes solved nothing at the CN Future Links Western Championship, but Calgary’s Kehler Koss (Earl Grey) and Brendan MacDougall (Glencoe) didn’t mind working a bit of overtime before leaving Medicine Hat Golf & Country Club with trophies in tow. Koss, 17, triumphed on the first playoff hole, while the 18-year-old MacDougall surged up the leaderboard with four birdies and an eagle on the back nine of his final round and later clinched victory with a par on the second extra hole … Kevin Black and Don Moroz (Redwood Meadows) joined forces to fire a magic number — a 13-under 59 — at the PGA of Alberta’s Pro-Senior at Northern Bear, cruising to a five-stroke victory … The Alberta Junior & Juvenile Championships tee off Tuesday at Cottonwood.

HOLE-IN-ONE REPORT

Redwood Meadows member Randy Mah is now counting aces on his toes. Mah recently notched his 11th — eleventh! — career hole-in-one with a pin-seeking seven-iron on No. 12 at his home track, watching from 141 yards away as his ball dropped for yet another ace. Mah celebrated his first ‘1’ at Calgary Elks in 1985 and has been making a habit of it ever since. Hey Randy, save some for the rest of us!

Ed Mooney and Kathryn Stan must have already been in the Stampede spirit Thursday at Shaganappi Point, providing a pair of reasons to ‘Yahooooo!’ at the popular municipal hangout. Mooney was one-and-done on the fifth hole, completing the 136-yard test with one swing of a six-iron, while Stan made short work of No. 12 with an awesome eight-iron from 98 yards away.

Be sure to congratulate the following flag-hunters on their own aces …

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